Product Data Engineer

Spacetalk is an ASX-listed technology company dedicated to creating innovative and life-enhancing connected mobile services, wearables, and software for families and seniors. Our products enable people to stay connected, safe, and engaged no matter their age or stage in life; enabled by location, health and wellbeing data.  

We’re transitioning from a hardware-led business to a software-first SaaS model, driven by data, integrations, sensors, predictive analytics and AI.  

With a global presence (already live in Australia, New Zealand, America and Europe) and an expanding product line, Spacetalk is evolving rapidly as we continue to scale our international footprint.  

Why This Role Matters  

As a Product Data Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping Spacetalk’s data capabilities. This is a first boots on the ground role of its type providing a great springboard for career growth in an important impact led field. It will be a hands-on role that will expose you to cutting-edge data initiatives, including: 

• Establishing and optimising our new data lakehouse and insights platform 

• Co-developing AI models for health and safety event detection and life event prediction 

• Building bespoke data solutions that extract valuable insights to improve user safety 

This is an opportunity to work with experienced engineers, data scientists, industry and research luminaries and AI specialists in a fast-moving scale-up environment where your work directly impacts people’s well-being. 

Key Responsibilities 

Data Platform Development & Engineering 

• Assist in the design, development, and maintenance of Spacetalk’s data lakehouse and analytics infrastructure 

• Support ingestion, transformation, and processing of large-scale health, safety, and location datasets 

• Implement ETL/ELT pipelines to ensure high-quality, structured, and accessible data for analytics and AI models 

• Work with AWS services (e.g., S3, Glue, Athena, Quicksight) to build scalable data solutions. 

AI Model Co-Development 

• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to build and deploy AI models for event detection and prediction 

• Assist in developing data processing pipelines that power AI-driven safety features 

• Help refine and optimise data quality, feature engineering, and model performance 

Insights & Data Exploration 

• Support exploratory data analysis to uncover insights that enhance Spacetalk’s safety solutions 

• Develop data visualisation and reporting solutions using AWS Quicksight (preferred) or other BI tools 

• Ensure data accuracy, governance, and compliance with privacy and security standards (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR) 

• Partner with Regulatory and Security teams to ensure our products adherence to data security and privacy standards (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR). 

You are a curious and motivated data engineer with a passion for leveraging data to create meaningful, real-world impact. You thrive in hands-on roles and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring data-driven solutions to life. 

Key Skills & Experience 

Essential 

• Strong Python programming skills for data engineering and ETL workflows.  
• Experience with SQL databases and query optimisation as well as no-SQL datastores (e.g. Dynamo). 
• Hands-on experience working with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Athena, Lambda) 
• Interest in AI/ML-driven applications and data-driven product development 

Highly Desirable 

• Experience with AWS Quicksight or other BI/visualisation tools. 
• Familiarity with C or TypeScript for integrating data solutions into broader engineering efforts 
• Understanding of data modelling, governance, and compliance frameworks 
• Exposure to predictive analytics, AI, or machine learning workflows 

• Impact: Be part of a team building cutting-edge AI-driven safety solutions to ensure loved ones are connected happy, healthy and safe. 
• Global Reach: Work on products used in Australia, Europe, and the US. 
• Tech Innovation: Be part of a scale-up transformation, building cutting-edge data and AI solutions. 
• Career Growth: Work in a high-growth, ASX-listed technology company 

Why Join Us?  

At Spacetalk, we believe in innovation, integrity, and a customer-first approach in everything we do. As we expand globally, we are committed to delivering best-in-class products that improve the lives of our users. Our Values—Innovate, Engage & Elevate are embedded in how we work and grow together as a team. You’ll be joining a company at the forefront of family safety technology, with the chance to drive impactful change in how we deliver connected, data-driven solutions to our customers globally.  

Apply today and help Spacetalk achieve its vision of becoming a leader in family safety technology powered by data and insight.